After being allowed into the racially exclusive SA Amateur Athletics Union, Matthews Motshwarateu, breaks the national 5,000m record

Matthews Motshwarateu

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15 April 1978
Black athlete Matthews Motshwarateu, recently allowed into the racially exclusive SA Amatuer Athletics Union, breaks the national 5 000m record in Stellenbosch, so entering the annals of South African athletics.
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Morgan, B., Mathews 'Loop-en-Val' Motshwarateu, from SouthAfrica.info, [online], Available at www.southafrica.info [Accessed: 15 April 2014]|Mayer, R., (2013), Loop en Val's lonely long-distance career, from Mail&Guardian, 19 April [online], Available at mg.co.za [Accessed: 15 April 2014]

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